Reser's expands recall of ready-to-eat products again

Reserís Fine Foods Inc. of Beaverton, Ore., is voluntarily expanding its Oct. 22, 2013, recall of refrigerated ready-to-eat products because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria is an organism that can cause serious and sometime fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and individuals with weakened immune systems. Healthy people may suffer only short term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant woman.

The recalled refrigerated ready-to-eat products were distributed nationwide and Canada.

The productswere sold in retail and food service establishments. The packages will be marked with a Use-by-Date or Best By Date and followed by a plant identifier code of 20. Products affected by this recall are listed here.

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There are no confirmed illnesses associated with these products which were sold at super stores including Walmart and Target.

The recalled products were manufactured at the Topeka, Kansas, salad manufacturing facility. No other Reserís Fine Foods Inc. manufacturing facilities are involved in this recall.

Consumers who purchased the product may take it back to the store for a refund or discard it.